Amanda Youker is the Work Planning and Control (WPC) Program Manager in the Quality, Work Planning, and Analysis group. Prior to taking on this role, Dr. Youker spent 10 years at Argonne conducting nuclear medicine research to accelerate the US production of Mo-99 using non HEU-based methodologies. She became the WPC Program Manager in 2018 when the WPC Program Office was established.

Amanda and her team provide WPC support to the Laboratory through training, WPC application support, work control document preparation, field assist visits, Human Performance Improvement tools, and sharing best practices. Additionally, the team holds a variety of feedback forums to stay engaged with staff, collect feedback, and share WPC updates.

Dr. Youker received her B.S. in chemistry from Benedictine University and her Ph.D. in chemistry from Loyola University Chicago.